Community Impact
Strategic Partnerships Conference
Keynote Speaker Bio
Darlyne
Bailey, MS, PhD
Darlyne Bailey is Dean and Professor at the Graduate School of Social Work and Social Research at Bryn Mawr College where she also has the honor of serving as Special Assistant to the President for Community Partnerships.
With a bachelor’s degree in Psychology and certificate in Secondary Education, Darlyne completed a master’s degree from the School of Social Work at Columbia University. After working as an administrator and a clinician in the field of mental health, Darlyne later earned a doctorate in Organizational Behavior from the Weatherhead School of Management at Case Western Reserve University.
Dr. Bailey’s journey in academic administration began in 1994 when she was appointed Dean of the Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences at Case Western Reserve University, a position she held until 2002. Fulfilling a desire to “pay back” her place of birth, Harlem, New York, she accepted the invitation to serve as the Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean at Teacher’s College, Columbia University. In 2006 Dr. Bailey left Columbia to become the first Dean of the then newly merged College of Education and Human Development and Assistant to the President at the University of Minnesota.
A recognized leader, Darlyne has been the recipient of many awards and honors and is a very proud alumna of the W.K. Kellogg National Leadership Program, as a Group XIII Fellow. Darlyne’s commitment to multidisciplinary and multicultural practice is reflected in her research and teaching, as well as her service on community-based and professional boards, including the New York based Leader to Leader Institute (formerly the Peter F. Drucker Foundation for Non-Profit Management). Dr. Bailey has written numerous articles and book chapters, in addition to co-authoring several books and handbooks with colleagues in academia and in the communities she has served. Her latest book, Sustaining Our Spirits: Women Leaders Thriving for Today and Tomorrow now has a website (www.sustainingourspirits.com) in response to readers’ requests to connect with others across the U.S.A. and abroad.
Dr. Darlyne Bailey has come to see her life’s work as one of “connection”, forging partnerships to create the visionary and engaged leadership that is critical to ensuring that individuals, organizations, multi-organizational alliances, and communities fulfill their highest potential.
